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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: Rpt_Aria_ArticleRoleLabel_Implicit"
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import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

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### Element with `"article"` role does not have a label

<div id="locLevel"></div>

All elements with role of `"article"` must have a label that describes their purpose

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### Why is this important?

Elements with a role of `"article"` must have an associated label. This information helps people using assistive technologies to find and navigate the content. The HTML `<article>` element has an implicit role of `"article"`.

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### What to do

* If there is visible text that appropriately describes the purpose of the article, set the element's `aria-labelledby` attribute value to the `id` value of that text (example below);
* OR, use the `aria-label` attribute to add a label directly to the element with the `"article"` role.

For example:

<CodeSnippet type="multi" light={true}>&lt;h1 id="news"&gt;Breaking news&lt;/h1&gt;
...
&lt;div role="article" aria-labelledby="news"&gt;
    ...
&lt;/div&gt;</CodeSnippet>

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<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks](https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/#2_4_1)
[WAI-ARIA 1.2 Article Role](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#article)

### Who does this affect?

* Blind people using screen readers

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